John Payne
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Short Version---don 't hold your breath for a longer version.
Two marriages that did not last, one of 12 years, one of 20. Four
truly wonderful children, all boys, aged 33, 30, 17 and 10 ( yes TEN). Career
as performing musician since 1968 and directing, and teaching at my own
small music school in Brookline Village since 1979---kids and adults, but
mostly adults. Have a passion for teaching complete beginners and
teaching improvisation, especially to beginners and near beginners, and have
developed my own methodology for this which, in theory, I will be writing up
in detail one of these days, but I wouldn't hold my breath on that one either.
I find that there is no career satisfaction like the satisfaction of
making a significant positive difference in the life of another and I have
been fortunate to have had the opportunity to accomplish that in a number of
cases.
A recent picture, summary of highlights of my performing career
and a description of my music teaching philosophy are available on my teacher
bio page at www.jpmc.us.
John Payne 2 August 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Editor notes: John Payne Music School: 30 Years of Great Jazz John on tenor sax ("Snow" from his
album Bedtime Stories): John on flute ("New
Spaces" from his album The Razors Edge): John on soprano sax (on Van Morrison's Slim Slo
Slider on his Astral Weeks album): John on clarinet (his original instrument from
CCHS days (on You've Got to Know How from Bonnie Raitt's Give It Up album): If you do a search on YouTube for "John Payne Jazz" you will find other music by John and eliminate many of the lesser John Paynes. Then you can also try to find some of John's albums ...
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